As we work with more and more with business owners in the Albuquerque area, getting them listed in Google’s Local Business Center, it’s always surprising to see how many established businesses do not have a web site! After several years of building websites for clients, I believe we understand the challenges that business owners face when trying to establish an internet presence for the first time.
Filed under Local Business Internet Marketing, Local Search and Google Maps by on Jun 15th, 2010. Comment. 
Just a quick post here for all the folks who have downloaded the free guide to creating a Google Local Business Center (LBC) listing. First off, if you haven’t noticed, Google has changed the name and or merged with Google Places. No big deal here.
Filed under Local Search and Google Maps by on May 11th, 2010. Comment.
Yesterday a friend showed me a free tool that saves you a lot of time setting up your listing in Google’s Local Business Center. You can dowload the free Google maps tool here.
Filed under Local Search and Google Maps by on Apr 15th, 2010. Comment.
I had an opportunity to get out from behind my computer a few days ago and talk with some local business owners about internet marketing. It’s always nice to get some prospective from the trenches, and some fresh air! One thing that caught me a little by surprise was the lack of understanding on exactly how people arrive at their websites.
Filed under Local Search and Google Maps by on Apr 12th, 2010.
I’m not sure what all the implications are just yet, but when I fired up Firefox a couple of days ago it asked me if I wanted to make my location available to location aware web sites. I will have more on this in the future, but it is obviously further evidence that many things are changing for the better when it comes to small and medium sized business trying to attract customers from their local markets.
Filed under Local Search and Google Maps by on Apr 4th, 2010. Comment.
On of the hottest things going on right now for business owners who want to get exposure and traffic in a local market is Google maps and the Local Business Center (LBC). I’ve been involved in SEO (search engine optimization) and marketing on the internet for a few years now. Conventional SEO, while it is effective at getting lots of traffic, is very time consuming and slow.
Read more on An Example of What a Presence in Google Maps Can Do for Your Web Traffic…
Filed under Local Search and Google Maps by on Apr 3rd, 2010. Comment.
My partners and I have been doing web design and SEO (search engine optimization) for a few years now. Recently a huge new player has emerged on the scene that changes everything you have done in the past to get customers to your local Albuquerque business. I’m talking about Google local search and Google maps. SLW Consulting can help you understand why it is essential that you get your business listed on Google maps, and get it ranking high. Not only can we do it for you, but we are also going to teach you how to do it yourself for free through our Albuquerque local search forum. So if you’re a do-it-yourself kind of person, we can help! If not,we understand. It is a lot of work, especially for someone who has a business to run. So bookmark this site and come back often. And of course, check out the forum for lots of learning resources. Feel free to drop us a line when you get stick and we’ll do our best to help you out!
Filed under Local Search and Google Maps by on Feb 14th, 2010. Comment.